Australia releases graphic whaling photos
SYDNEY, Australia -- 7 February 2008: Australia has released graphic pictures of minke whales caught by a Japanese hunt in the Antarctic. Canberra claimed the pictures, taken by customs officers tracking the hunt, show a harpooned mother and calf being dragged from the sea.
BBC News.
Labels: Anti-whaling, Australia, commercial whaling, EIA, Japan, minke, Southern Ocean Sanctuary, whales, whaling, whaling ban
Iceland continues commercial hunt of whales
ARTICLE: Commercial minke whale hunting begins. 7th May 2007.
Iceland Review Online. The commercial hunt for minke whales in Iceland began on 4th May with the first minke whale caught, but is now on hold until 'scientific whaling', which begins on 8th May is finished. The total minke whale quota is 74 animals; commercial hunters have permission to kill 38 minkes, while scientists have permission to kill 36.
Labels: commercial whaling, Iceland, minke
